Brad Maddox to take over CM Punk's gimmick?

Maddox – the new CM Punk?

There have been speculations about Brad Maddox taking over the gimmick of former WWE Superstar CM Punk, after he appeared at a WWE live event dressed up similar to the ‘Straight Edge Superstar’ this past weekend. WWE is notorious for sticking with the gimmick long after the superstars are gone, case in example being fake ‘Diesel’ & ‘Razor Ramon’ characters respectively.

Scott Fisher, reader of Dailywrestlingnews sent the following:

“I believe what got people started on the CM Punk, Brad Maddox thing was when he first came out to cut a promo some people thought he was CM Punk just by how he looked, I think a big group of teenagers tried to get the Punk chant going but it was short lived if that. Maddox did cut a “pipebomb” promo but it fell flat and everyone just wanted him out of the ring.”

Another report from the reader is below:

“Maddox did not come out with CM Punk’s theme song, that was a rumor started on Twitter because people in my section near the stage thought it was Punk when he first came out for the pre-match speech about people forgetting who he was. Maddox seemed like he tweaked his in ring style some with more kicks and MMA style but he stalled some too, Swagger carried the match easily. No CM Punk theme song but the look had some people fooled, not all of us.”

Below are some photos from the event: